At Samuel Merritt University's (SMU) Health Sciences Simulation Center (HSSC) we have the capacity to capture every action, sound, and equipment signal produced in our Simulation Action Rooms, Conference Rooms, and Training Rooms. After any recorded simulation session, learners and instructors may access the digitized recording for the purpose of reviewing it and analyzing the session in a facilitated debriefing. A password-protected, web-based software application provides computer access to these recordings in a conference room immediately or any time after the session. This ability to capture the smallest gesture, comment, and right or wrong intervention provides rich teachable moments.

Interacts with the Laerdal software that controls SimMan®, SimBaby®, and other Laerdal high-fidelity manikin-based simulators in the HSSC. As soon as a scenario begins, the cameras automatically start recording.

Automatically stores and indexes the contents of any scenario template

Bookmarks key points the instructor wants to emphasize

Generates assessment tools specific to a scenario

Collects, generates and stores evaluation scores

Generates faculty reports on individual or team performance, technical or communication skills and other priorities

SMU's HSSC with a distance learning capability. Because the EMS application is Web-based, instructors and learners may review any simulated activity from any other location where there is videoconferencing capability, including any SMU campus.